This was the point of controversy in the Roland Garros final Carlos Alcaraz-Alexander Zverev. The debate continues over the decision of the chair umpire, the Frenchman Renaud Lichtensteinboth by tennis specialists and also by the popular judgment of social networks.
The majority tendency is that the referee took too much risk with his intervention, especially in the case of the fifth set of a Grand Slam final, although there is also a consensus pointing out that Alcaraz won the final without discussion on his own merits , not because of that point.
At 2-1 Alcaraz in the fifth set, served at 15-40, two break points against, Lichtenstein corrected a linesman who called the Spaniard’s second serve wrong. The referee got off the chair, looked at the pot next to him Zverev, who became desperate to see the referee keep his correction, avoiding the Murcian’s double fault, the ‘break’. The point was repeated, won by Alcaraz, who saved his serve and took a 3-1 lead. He ended up winning 6-2. sound
“There’s a difference if you’re down 3-1 in the fifth set or come back 2-2. It’s decisive. In the end it’s disappointing, but it is what it is and referees make mistakes too. They’re human. Although we all want that there are no mistakes in those situations,” Zverev said.
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Controversy arose because television did replay the play using electronic arbitration. According to the released image, it was a double fault by Alcaraz.
“They told me and I saw it” he explained Zverev, that after the complaint highlights Alcaraz’s dominance. “He played fantastic, he played better than me in the fourth and fifth set. That’s right, I’m not as good as him, and I have to take note of that to match that pace. I went down, and it’s not usually because usually it’s fine I.”
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Source: La Verdad

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